West: Does anyone have a Kidd double chop?
The dry sunny October that we were all hopeful of did not materialise, we have pretty much had an inch of rainfall per week since the dreaded four inches in three days back at the end of September,...
View ArticleEast: Sieze every opportunity
Since writing last month, drilling and spraying opportunities have been scarce. However, growers have been determined to seize any opportunity to carry out field work, often in marginal conditions....
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South: Less haste when writing off crops
Don’t get too hasty to write off drilled crops yet. Many are far better when you walk across them, than they look from the gateway or headland. The photo below is a classic example. Yes it looks like...
View ArticleNorth: Huge pressure on spring herbicides
For many there was hope that the new year would bring an improvement in the weather. Unfortunately this has not been the case with land being extremely wet again after the recent snowfall. Now the...
View ArticleEast: Happy new cropping year!
What a finish to last year and a start to this year. We in this region, however, have very little to complain about compared to other large parts of the country. In general we at least have crops in...
View ArticleSouth: Herbicide programmes in tatters
For many farmers the last nine months has been the most difficult period ever. The relentless rain and lack of field work causing extreme distress and worry. After correcting my customers cropping...
View ArticleSouth: Counting our Blessings
The weather has been unrelenting. A good amount of our wheat didn’t go in ’til November and December. Some of our oilseed rape is unlikely to make it. And most of our crops are coming out of the winter...
View ArticleEast: Spring brings air of optimism
I feel a flutter of optimism as a dry week is forecast and there is a sense that spring is arriving! Perhaps wheels can turn and we can start to chip away at the heavy spring workload? Nitrogen and...
View ArticleWest: Contrasting soil conditions
A welcome spell of dry weather has allowed some progress in the fields. Very late winter wheat and oats have been drilled, and a start to drilling spring barley and beans has been made. But spring...
View ArticleWest: More doom and gloom
Another month with little or no growth and this blog is starting to sound like a commentary on the economy. April 1 is upon us and there is scant green in the countryside. I am fast running out of...
View ArticleNorth: Huge pressure on spring herbicides
For many there was hope that the new year would bring an improvement in the weather. Unfortunately this has not been the case with land being extremely wet again after the recent snowfall. Now the...
View ArticleEast: Happy new cropping year!
What a finish to last year and a start to this year. We in this region, however, have very little to complain about compared to other large parts of the country. In general we at least have crops in...
View ArticleSouth: Herbicide programmes in tatters
For many farmers the last nine months has been the most difficult period ever. The relentless rain and lack of field work causing extreme distress and worry. After correcting my customers cropping...
View ArticleSouth: Counting our Blessings
The weather has been unrelenting. A good amount of our wheat didn’t go in ’til November and December. Some of our oilseed rape is unlikely to make it. And most of our crops are coming out of the winter...
View ArticleEast: Spring brings air of optimism
I feel a flutter of optimism as a dry week is forecast and there is a sense that spring is arriving! Perhaps wheels can turn and we can start to chip away at the heavy spring workload? Nitrogen and...
View ArticleWest: Contrasting soil conditions
A welcome spell of dry weather has allowed some progress in the fields. Very late winter wheat and oats have been drilled, and a start to drilling spring barley and beans has been made. But spring...
View ArticleWest: More doom and gloom
Another month with little or no growth and this blog is starting to sound like a commentary on the economy. April 1 is upon us and there is scant green in the countryside. I am fast running out of...
View ArticleNorth: Huge pressure on spring herbicides
For many there was hope that the new year would bring an improvement in the weather. Unfortunately this has not been the case with land being extremely wet again after the recent snowfall. Now the...
View ArticleEast: Happy new cropping year!
What a finish to last year and a start to this year. We in this region, however, have very little to complain about compared to other large parts of the country. In general we at least have crops in...
View ArticleSouth: Herbicide programmes in tatters
For many farmers the last nine months has been the most difficult period ever. The relentless rain and lack of field work causing extreme distress and worry. After correcting my customers cropping...
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